Category Archives: Finance

Before the next crunch-time comes for Grexit negotiations on Monday, let’s study why austerity hasn’t worked in Greece, and why Ireland, by contrast, didn’t seem to have suffered adverse consequences. The openness […]

My opinions on the EU-11 Financial Transactions tax have been reported extensively in this blog, in May, April, and February this year. The legal advisor to EU finance ministers — the “Council legal service” […]

Chatting with one of Europe’s former central bankers recently, we discussed how Cyprus could have been handled differently, and what it all means for European banking integration and deposit insurance. […]